Paris Olympics: What to look for, what to watch on July 27

COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The 2024 Paris Olympics are open after a stunning Opening Ceremony on Friday across the Seine River. Although a few sports started earlier this week, Saturday is the first full day of the games.

A former Ohio State swimmer will look for his first medal, and multiple American teams hope to start their tournaments with victories. 14 medal events will take place on Saturday across eight different sports. Here is what to know and how to watch day one of the Paris Olympics.

Ohio’s Hunter Armstrong aims for gold

Dover native and former Buckeyes swimmer Hunter Armstrong is among the top athletes at the Olympics from Ohio. Armstrong is set to feature on the 4x100m freestyle relay team Saturday afternoon at the Paris La Defense Arena.

While Armstrong won gold three years ago in the men’s 4x100m medley relay, he only raced in the preliminary heats and not the final. Armstrong and Team USA are hoping to win their third straight gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at 3:50 p.m. on NBC4.

USA teams begin Olympics

Six U.S. teams will play on Saturday and five of them are opening up their Olympic campaigns. Two beach volleyball pairings will start their pool play journey with men’s pair Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh (8 a.m.) along with women’s pair Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth (4 p.m.) each playing.

Men’s soccer will play its second game at 1 p.m. against New Zealand after a 3-0 loss to France on Wednesday. Women’s water polo begins its gold medal defense at 9:35 a.m. against the Greeks, women’s field hockey plays its first Olympic match since 2016 against Argentina at 1:45 p.m., and men’s indoor volleyball also meets the Argentines to open group play at 3 p.m.

NBC4 Day 1 schedule

Bold denotes medal event . Italics denotes replay.

• 5 a.m.-5:50 a.m. – Diving: Women’s synch 3m springboard final
• 5:50 a.m.-7:30 a.m. – Gymnastics: Men’s qualifying group 1
• 7:30 a.m.-8 a.m. – Swimming: Qualifying heats
• 8 a.m.-9 a.m. – Beach Volleyball (Men’s): USA vs. Cuba
• 9 a.m.-10 a.m. – Road Cycling: Women’s time trial
• 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. – Rugby: Men’s semifinal
• 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. – Swimming: Qualifying heats
• 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. – Gymnastics: Men’s qualifying group 2
• 11:30 a.m.-12:35 p.m. – Skateboarding: Men’s street final
• 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. – Water Polo (Women’s): USA vs. Greece
• 1:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. – Rugby: Men’s gold medal game
• 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. – Swimming finals: Men’s and women’s 400m freestyle, women’s and men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
• 4 p.m.-5 p.m. – Beach Volleyball (Women’s): USA vs. Canada
• 5 p.m.-6 p.m. – Road Cycling: Men’s time trial
• 8 p.m.-11 p.m. – NBC4 primetime (Swimming finals, diving final, gymnastics qualifying)
• 11 p.m.-1 a.m. – NBC4 late night (Skateboarding final, Surfing report)

Day 1 medal events

• 5 a.m. – Diving: Women’s synch 3m springboard
• 5 a.m. – Shooting: Mixed team 10m air rifle
• 8:30 a.m. – Cycling Road: Women’s time trial
• 10:34 a.m. – Cycling Road: Men’s time trial
• 11 a.m. – Skateboarding: Men’s street
• 11:38 a.m. – Judo: Women’s -48kg
• 12:09 p.m. – Judo: Men’s -60kg
• 1:45 p.m. – Men’s Rugby final
• 2:42 p.m. – Swimming: Men’s 400m freestyle
• 2:55 p.m. – Swimming: Women’s 400m freestyle
• 3:30 p.m. – Fencing: Women’s individual epee
• 3:37 p.m. – Swimming: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
• 3:50 p.m. – Swimming: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
• 3:55 p.m. – Fencing: Men’s individual sabre

Day 1 television schedule (By sport)

All events are available to be streamed live on Peacock, a platform owned by NBC and not NBC4’s parent company, Nexstar . Bold denotes medal event .

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Badminton

• 4:30 a.m. – Group play (USA Network)
• 7:30 a.m. – Group play (E! Network)
• 9 a.m. – Group play (USA Network)
• 12:05 p.m. – Group play (USA Network)

Basketball

• 5:30 a.m. (M) – Australia vs. Spain (CNBC)
• 11:15 a.m. (M) – France vs. Brazil (CNBC)
• 3:15 p.m. (M) – Greece vs. Canada (CNBC)
• 8 p.m. (M) – Germany vs. Japan (USA Network)

Beach Volleyball

• 8 a.m. (M) – USA vs. Cuba (NBC4)
• 4 p.m. (W) – USA vs. Canada (NBC4)

Boxing

• 5 p.m. – Women’s bantamweight bouts and more (CNBC)

Canoeing

• 12 p.m. – Women’s kayak slalom heats (E! Network)
• 9:30 p.m. – Men’s canoe slalom heats (USA Network)

Cycling

• 9 a.m. – Women’s road time trial (NBC4)
• 10:45 a.m. – Men’s road time trial (USA Network)

Diving

• 5 a.m. – Women’s synchro 3m springboard final (NBC4)

Equestrian

• 3:30 a.m. – Eventing dressage (USA Network)
• 4:30 p.m. – Eventing dressage (E! Network)

Fencing

• 5 p.m. – Women’s epee, men’s Sabre finals (USA Network)

Field Hockey

• 1:30 p.m. (W) – USA vs. Argentina (CNBC)

Gymnastics

• 5 a.m. – Men’s qualification subdivision 1 (E! Network)
• 5:50 a.m. – Men’s qualification subdivision 1 (NBC4)
• 9:30 a.m. – Men’s qualification subdivision 2 (E! Network)
• 11 a.m. – Men’s qualification subdivision 2 (NBC4)
• 2 p.m. – Men’s qualification subdivision 3 (E! Network)

Handball

• 10 a.m. (M) – Spain vs. Slovenia (CNBC)

Rowing

• 3 a.m. – Heats (USA Network)
• 7:15 a.m. – Heats (USA Network)
• 10:15 p.m. – Heats (USA Network)

Rugby

• 9:35 a.m. – Men’s semifinal (CNBC)
• 10 a.m. – Men’s semifinal (NBC4)
• 1 p.m. – Men’s bronze medal game (CNBC)
• 1:45 p.m. – Men’s final, bronze medal games (NBC4)

Shooting

• 5 a.m. – Mixed team air rifle final (CNBC)

Skateboarding

• 6:45 a.m. – Men’s street preliminary round (CNBC)
• 11:30 a.m. – Men’s street final (NBC4)

Soccer

• 1 p.m. (M) – USA vs. New Zealand (USA Network)

Surfing

• 11:30 p.m. – Day 1 recap in NBC4 Late Night

Swimming

• 5 a.m. – Qualifying heats (USA Network)
• 7:30 a.m. – Qualifying heats (NBC4)
• 10:30 a.m. – Qualifying heats (NBC4)
• 2:30 p.m. – Finals in 400m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay (NBC4)

Table Tennis

• 1:10 p.m. – Preliminary matches (E! Network)

Volleyball

• 7:45 a.m. (M) – Italy vs. Brazil (USA Network)
• 3 p.m. (M) – USA vs. Argentina (USA Network)

Water Polo

• 8 a.m. (W) – Netherlands vs. Hungary (E! Network)
• 9:30 a.m. (W) – USA vs. Greece (USA Network)

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